An awesome thankyou to Slasher Monster Magazine for publishing my gurgling words, and thanks to Poet Rummager for her spectacular artwork. There’s always lots of fascinating reading in “SMM”
It was the fourth of July
The party seems to be finished
Wondering how long I dozed off for
Most of my friends have gone
A few bodies left, laying on the floor
Best I have a piss before I go
Now where’s that bathroom
Whoops, there’s a girl in here
Dressed all in blue, and she’s on the floor
Slouched in the corner, not moving
Her skins “a whiter shade of pale” *
Red lip-stick all askew
Then I see myself in the mirror
Agape, my white shirt’s moist and filthy
Splattered, deep dark red
Oh no ! It’s human blood
I turn the crumpled girl over
Her pretty blue dress, covered in blood too
What’s happened, I can’t remember
Only blurry images of red white and blue
My mind goes numb
And my legs start running
Out of here in a hurry
“Thump”, I trip over
I thought that bloke was asleep
I didn’t notice at first
His red shirt’s also oozing out blood
Holy hell, he’s dead too
I’m stumbling through the front door
Grappling, panicking, now where
Where do I flee to.
Think ! Yes, a nearby Church
Has an early dawn service
A sanctuary for my burning fears
And bumbling into the Church I go
Settling upon the nearest pew
I’m white as a ghost and turn to see who’s beside me
An eerily stunning red-haired girl
Wearing a dress of red white and blue
Memory flashes back, it’s Her, from the party
She’s staring at me now, with livid red and white eyes
I see fangs protruding over her blue lips
Dribbling fresh blood, hissing at me
She gurgles, “Did I miss one”
The Filia Sanguine suddenly grabs my arm
And her dark-blue fingernails dig deep
I’m seized, I’m gone, I know
There’s no safe haven here
“Where do you go to my lovely”**
Screaming tears of red white and blue
Ivor Steven (c) 2018
* A Whiter Shade Of Pale, Procol Hurum song Title 1967.
**Where Do You Go To My Lovely, Peter Sarstedt song Title 1969
The other side of Ivor! You surprise me every time with these Ivor!!!
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Haha, the white side of Ivor, letting my imagination loose. !!
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You do it soooooo well 🙂
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I was born a dreamer, hehe.
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Yes you were! And good for us you are. 🙂
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Holy Hell Ivor! He’s dead too!! I love, love, love this!! 💘 Bravo to my favorite Slasher!!
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You’ve drawn a lot of blood with slashing praise, Thanks Walt.
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My pleasure my friend ☺
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Clever introduction of the song titles
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Cool beans. The church I used to belong to believed that the beast of revelation 13:11 with two lamb like horns and speaks like a dragon is the United States.
Your red haired girl wearing red white and blue with fangs is a perfect metaphore for the United States who uses its military might to force itself on unwilling countries that are weaker and smaller than itself.
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There were lots of little things in this one
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Well done Ivor. This is tremendously fine work with a bonus of two great songs full of good memories.
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Thank you Peter, and yes the songs are from our glorious era of music.
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Oh Ivor that was absolutely brilliant. Many congratulations 🙂
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Thank you Sue, I’m so pleased you enjoyed my adventure to the other side 🙄
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So different ,this is a totally new Ivor.Ivor’ s mr Hyde that share with Ivor’s drJeckil the same fine art with words❤️
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Thank you so much Ortensia for your awesome comments, my words are also a bit of a twisted metaphorical comment about the twisted political situation in America. !!
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Your slasher side is always a joy to behold.
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Thankyou DD, I’m more than please that my poems are so generously recieved at SMM.
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I raise my glass to you, Ivor!
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Ah I’ll be in that, a glass of white wine at the moment.
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Ahh……… One more side of Ivor the poet, I never saw. I didn’t know what to think at first, but it kept me interested. I thought the guy was a killer with amnesia. You got me with – “Did I miss one?” Keep branching out.
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Ohh my god!! You are brilliant!
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Thank you Soumya, not sure about my being brilliant, but thanks for following my blog/website, muchly appreciated, I hope you enjoy reading my humble writings, and I’m from Geelong, Australia. Cheers. Ivor.
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I loved your work Ivor. And I’m sure about you being a brilliant writer. Eagerly waiting for your next posts😊
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Maybe try this one, recently published.
https://ivors20.wordpress.com/2018/01/06/arctic-winds-3/
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Wow! Had me on the edge of my seat the whole time! 😉
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Oh ~M~, I’m so pleased you liked my little horror show xx
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Lol… it was great fun to read. 😉
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Disturbingly viid and vividly disturbing. And what a song!
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Ah I knew you’d like it, I’ve been “dying” to use those great words in one of my poems for ages….
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Excellent work!!!!
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Thank you ❤️ Nidhi, I’m glad you enjoyed it
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Ahhh vampires!!! I love it. Very good!:)
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My favourite “pieces” besides the poem, are the music video’s at the end.
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I was just listening! That is some amazing music! You have great taste.
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Every now and then I love to put music/song title into my poems, I wrote a poem using 14 song titles of a Kinks LP Album I’ve got, oh well I’ll send it too, hope you don’t mind.
https://ivors20.wordpress.com/2017/12/02/where-have-all-the-good-times-gone-2/
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I’m love it!:)
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Sanguine addiction!
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Ahh, yes we are not safe anywhere 🙂
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